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The best smartphone company youve never heard of just schooled Apple and Samsung in how to make a premium phone with the new OnePlus 7 Pro

It’s inside the phone. And when you want it, it peeks out — in 0.53 seconds, to be precise. I can’t speak for selfie takers, as I rarely ever take selfies, but it seems quick enough to me.

That said, it might not be quick enough for unlocking the OnePlus 7 Pro with facial recognition. From the lock screen, you have to swipe up to summon the selfie camera from its hiding place, and it takes just that extra bit of time to scan your mug. It makes facial recognition less useful than the in-display fingerprint sensor.

Good thing then that the fingerprint sensor on the OnePlus 7 Pro’s is good. It’s significantly faster and less frustrating to use than the fancy “ultrasonic” in-display fingerprint sensor on the Samsung Galaxy S10.

The clear concern with a pop-up camera is durability, especially if it hits the ground after a drop.

Amazingly, the OnePlus 7 Pro can detect the moment it’s dropped — and if the camera is popped up, it should automatically scamper back into its hiding place before it hits the ground.

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Indeed, the pop-up selfie camera retracted automatically when I gingerly drop-tested the OnePlus 7 Pro from about 2 to 3 feet onto a soft, comfy couch.

OnePlus also says the pop-up selfie camera can withstand up to 300,000 raises. That’s 150 selfies per day for 5 1/2 years straight. I’d like to meet the person who takes that many selfies.

The real test, however, will be out in the real world. It’s still one more thing that could break. We’ll have to see how the pop-up selfie-camera design fares over time as people get their hands on the phone.

Anyway, here’s a selfie taken with the pop-up selfie camera. It looks good to me!